The upcomingGundam Card Gamewill be released in July 2025 alongside the new Gundam Assemble miniatures game. 2025 is going to be a massive year for theGundamfranchise, with the brand-newMobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuXseriesco-written by Evangelion creator Hideaki Anno due to come out this year. Additionally, theGundamfranchise will expand in a major way with the release of a newGundam Card Gameanda new miniatures gamefeaturing a variety of mechs from across the franchise.
At this weekend’sBandai Card Games Festin Orlando, Bandai revealed more details about the launch of its new Gundam Card Game. The game will launch on June 23, 2025, with simultaneous releases in English, Japanese, and Simplified Chinese.Four starter decks will be released for theGundamCard Game,each of which are built around two different card colors. Two versions of each deck will be released: a standard edition that sells for $11.99 and aGundam Assemblecrossover edition that comes with three unassembled minis and sells for $34.99.
Gundam Card Game Launch Details Revealed
The Gundam Card Game Will Launch In July With Four Starter Decks And Booster Set
TheGundam Card Gamewill launch with four starter decks and an initial booster pack set calledNewtype Rising. Each Starter Deck appears to be themed around a differentGundamseries.Heroic Beginningscontains mechs from the originalMobile Suit Gundamshow,Wings of Advanceis focused onMobile Suit Gundam Wing,Zeon’s Rushhas Zaku suits used in the originalMobile Suit Gundam, andSeed Strikehas mechs fromMobile Suit Gundam Seed.TheNewtype Risingbooster set will also contain cards fromMobile Suit Gundam Unicornnot found in any of the starter decks.
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Gameplay for theGundam Card Gameinvolves building a 50-card deck made up of cards of up to two different colors. Similar to theOne Piececard game, players also have a separate resource deck that players draw from and add to a recurring resource pool every round. Every card has a resource cost and a level. Players have to spend resources to put a card into play,but they can’t play the card until they have resources in their pool equal to or greater than a card’s level.For example, a Level 4 card might have a cost of 2, but players can’t put it into play until they have four or more resources in play.
Bandai also announced that players can use theGundam Assembleminiatures as tokens in the game,with minis able to be placed on cards as they’re played. There’s no mechanical benefit to doing so, but it’s clear that Bandai plans to cross-promote the two games. Confirmed minis for the starter decks include the RX-78-2Gundammini forHeroic Beginnings, the OZ-00MS Tallgeese forWings of Advance, an MS-06S Zaku II Commander Type forZeon’s Rush,and the GAT-X105 Strike Gundam forSeed Strike.
Our Take: Gundam TCG Could Be The Next Big Card Game
Gundam Franchise Is A Sleeping Giant And This Game Could Be Huge
The newGundam Card Gamecould be the sleeper hit of 2025. The Gundam franchise is huge, not only because of the anime series but also because of the massive popularity of Gunpla figures. However,there are not a lot of other ways forGundamfans to show off their love of the franchise, which is why I think that both games will take off.
As long as Bandai makes enough products for fans to jump into the game (something that it struggled with when releasing theOne Piece Card Game), I expect both theGundam Card GameandGundam Assembleto be huge at tabletop stores across the country.
